In this Book
- Film Serials and the American Cinema, 1910-1940: Operational Detection
- 2018
- Book
- Published by: Amsterdam University Press
summary
Before the advent of television, cinema offered serialized films as a source of weekly entertainment. This book traces the history from the days of silent screen heroines to the sound era's daring adventure serials, unearthing a thriving film culture beyond the self-contained feature. Through extensive archival research, Ilka Brasch details the aesthetic appeals of film serials within their context of marketing and exhibition, looking at how they adapted the pleasures of a flourishing crime fiction culture to both serial visual culture and the affordances of the media-modernity of the early 20th century. The study furthermore traces the relationship of film serials to the broadcast models of radio and television and thereby shows how film serials introduced modes of storytelling that informedpopular culture even beyond the serial's demise.
Table of Contents
- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. i-iv
- Acknowledgements
- pp. 7-8
- 1. Introduction
- pp. 9-42
- 2. The Operational Aesthetic
- pp. 43-80
- 3. Film Serials Between 1910 and 1940
- pp. 81-144
- Index of Names
- pp. 303-306
- Index of Film Titles
- pp. 307-308
- Index of Subjects
- pp. 309-322
Additional Information
ISBN
9789048537808
Related ISBN(s)
9789462986527
MARC Record
OCLC
1062395917
Pages
330
Launched on MUSE
2020-12-17
Language
English
Open Access
Yes
Copyright
2018